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GITS. Associated Press Exclusive Wire Argus Want Ads Always Bring' Results SIXTY-FIRST YEAR. NO. 55. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1911. -SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. runrmro onw I TAFT FLIRTS MESON TRIES PACKERS IN A COME ON MR. GOOD FELLOW THE ROOK ISE. AND tArtnia sMi WOOL DUTIES ARE TOO HIGH President Concurs in Find ings of Tariff Board on Schedule K. TO ENDHIS LIFE P00L mTi If 2 CAMPS IN JEW YORK Minister Accused of Miss Lin cell's Murder Found Wounded in CelL YEARS.CLAIM TO REVISE DOWNWARD Message and Report Heard in House, But Action Deferred Until Tomororw. Washington, TX C Dec. 80. The tariff board's report of Its Investiga tion of the wool Industry struck water as soon a it reached the house today. At the conclusion of the read ing of the president's message an at tempt was made to have the report referred to the ways and means com mlttee without printing. There was sum discussion, but the message and report finally were left on the speak er's table until tomorrow. FOB IMMEDIATE REVISION. The president urges that revision of the schedule be proceeded with at once. Neither the president nor th board proposes definite rates of duty, TaTt holding the function of the board merely Is to present finding of fact on which rates of duty may be fairly determined In the light of adequate knowledge and In accord with an economic policy to be followed. The president recommends that the proposed revision adhere to the policy of protection based upon difference In cost of production at home and abroad. MBfORT Or TARIFF BOARD. Washington, Dec. 20'. The tariff board's report on schedule K, sent to congress today by President Taft, suggests a general revision of the duties on wool and woolens, and many Individual reductions in the rates. The board makes no recom .jttSBrtatlnns,. but ., BflUUs i , nqfi. what President Talks Situation With Old Guard and Insurgents. INCISION IN HIS GROIN ROOSEVELT NOT THERE Colonel Has Business at Oyster Bay, and Will Not Re turn Until Night. Greatly Weakened by Loss of Blood, Bat Will Recover in Time , (or His Trial. National Company Formed to Deceive, Wilkerson Alleges. New York, Dec. 20. At the sugges tion of Dr. Lyman Abbott and Dr. Mary Eddy, an American woman who spent many year In Turkey, Presi dent Taft took under advisement to day the tendering of the good offices of the United States aa mediator In the Turko-ltalian war. CHINA IS READY FOR A REPUBLIC Conference at Shanghai Now Awaiting Answer to New Proposal from Peking. ARMISTICE IS EXTENDED Notes, All Identical, from Six Pow ers Read to Delegate! All for Peace. chsnges are desired. IB nearly all classes of the schedule, the board's experts report the majority of the rates of duty prohibitory and con demn the system of levying them. The report points the way to two great changes in the present system of levying duties upon raw wool and finished cloth. It would assess duty on scrubbed wool not wool and grease combined; and suggests a graduated scale of ad valorem rate on cloth. The report Is divided Into sec tions. vie.: raw wool, yarn and cloth. They are taken up In the order in which they come In pro duction and manufacture. PIJJESENT SYSTEM BAD. On taw wool, the board finds the present system of levying duty bad. and the duties higher than the dif ference In cost of production in the United States as compared with the cost abroad. The method of levying duty is condemned because it charges for grease as well as for wool and operates to keep out of this country the heavy shrinking woolens On tops, from which yarn la made the present rate of duty is found to ' be prohibitory. It costs 80 per cent more in the United States to convert tops Into yarn than it does anywhere else. On yarn, from which cloth is wov en, the present rate of duty Is found to be prohibitory because It keeps out all except the finer grades. On cloth, the present rate of duty is pronounced prohibitory on heavy weight, cheap and medium grade cloths, principally because of the spe cific compensatory duty which fixes a certain charge per pound before the ad valorem rate begins. It costs 100 per cent more to make cloth from yarn In the United States than It does In England or France. The present svstem of fixing the same ad valorem rates of duty on different grades of fabric is condemned as unfair. FOR CRADCATED SCALE. The board holds that a fair solo tlon would be the adoption of a graduated scale under which the ad valorem rate properly assessed on goods of low value ahould then in crease progressively according to slight Increments . of value, up to whatever maximum rate should be fixed. The board's figures would seem to show that the "prohibitory duties' do not affect the American consumer so much aa would be inferred by the use of those words; for while the duties on 16 samples of foreign cloth selected by the board averaged 184 per cent the actual excess of the domestic price over the foreign price was found to be 67 per cent as the result of domestic competition. "At the present time the industry In general is on a competitive baa's says the report. The cost of a suit of clothes from the back of a sheep to the back of a man is computed in the report, and the profits which accrue in tte Tlxe Weather Shanghai, Dec. 20. During the peace conference this . afternoon Tang Shao Yl, who represents Pre mier Yuan Sbi Kl, expressed him self as "ready to accept a republic. but I must first communicate with Peking." An identical note from the United States, Great Britain, Japan, Ger many, France and Russia was pre sented today to representatives of the imperial government and the revolutionaries by the consular corps. The consuls first visited Tang Shao Yl, where each read the note. Tang replying, expressed gratitude for the interest of the powers and the hope that peac, would result from the conference. V PLEADS FOR J 1' STICK. The consuls then called upon Wu Ting Fang, where much the same ceremony took place. Wu expressed himself in favor of peace, but de clared no peace could be permanent unless it, was based upon the highest Justice. AWAIT WORD FROM PEKING. The conference was resumed, and after the meeting adjourned It was announced Wu had presented his case in favor of a republic, and- Tang had expressed his readiness to ac cept Wu'a proposition, but that he must first communicate with Peking. The armistice between the opposing forces was extended to Dec. 20. MONTEREY DISPATCHED. Amoy, China, Dec. 20. The United States monitor .Montery sailed this afternoon for Swatow, where serious trouble Is reported between the Chin ese and Hakkas. Forecast Till 7 P. M. Tomorrow, fot Rock Island, Davenport, Moline, and Vicinity. Heavy snow or rain tonight and probably Thursday, high easterly winds, not much change in temper ature. The lowest temperature to night will be slightly below the freezing point. Temperature at 7 a. m. 26. High est yesterday 34, lowest last night 26. Velocity of wind at 7 a. m. 19 miles per hour. Precipitation none. Relative humidity 'at 7 p. m. 82, Stage of water 6.5, a fall of .1 in last 24 hours. J. M. SHERIER, Local Forecaster. 2 HOUSES AGREE TO BREAK TREATY Macon of Arkansas Casts Only Negative Vote in the Lower Branch. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. . (From noon today to noon tomorrow.) Bun sets 4:32, rises 7:17; moon sets 4:07 p. m.; moon farthest sooth and lowest; 6 a. m., all Jupiter's principal satellites seen on west of the planet. No. 2 above No. 4, No. 3 Just west of these and No. 1 half way to the planet; eastern time; 6:33 a. m., moon in con junction with Mercury; sun's declina tion. 23 degrees 26 minutes south of celestial equator. I Continued on Page 8U.1 Vote BJg Christmas Present. New York. Dec. 20. A Christmas present of $50,000 was voted yester day to the employee of the Central Trust company by directors of the concern. For years the company has presented Its Employes with a year's salary at Christmas. Yesterday in Congress ICTATE. Mat at noon. Ruulu treaty abroga tion taken up with axpectaUon of rati fication of th president's notification to Russia, Senator Rayner of Maryland In (peach urged Immediate action on Russian abrogation. Senator Laodgs of Maasarnuaetta led flKht in suDDort of Tna aorogauon resolution reported by foreign relations committee. Urgent deficiency bill carrying more than $2.- i as It passed the house, was con sidered ahead of the Russian treaty question. The bill was passed without general discussion. Senator William Aldan bmttn or Michigan declared com mercial relations with Russia would not be severed. Senators Smith of Maryland and Root of New York and others made speeches on Russian treaty abrogation. Kusxtan abrogation reso lution unanimously adopted. Adjourned at :: p. m. until z o clock today. HOI SR. Met at noon. Representative Sulser of New York announced that house would waive sny technicalities in order to loin with senate In securing action on Russian abrogation. House consid ered legislation for arrearages of pay for rotigresslonsl clerks. Resolution passed calling for complete Information as to proposed army concentration piaa. AojourBKH at untu aoon toaaj. BAY DELAY HANGING FOUR CHICAGOANS Springfield, 111., Dec. 20. The fate of the Shablowskl brothers, Sommerling and Schultz, condemned to hang in Chicago Friday, now rests with Governor Deneen and the state board of pardons. Pleas for re prieves for 60 days were made this morning by attorneys for the pris oners. The inability of the defense to make a record' of the case to file in the supreme court within a short space of time Intervening from the date of the prisoners' sentence and the day set for the execution is strong point being urged by the at torneys. William Gewetke, himself a truck farmer, and president of the Cook County Gardners' and Truck Farm ers' association, spoke against a re prieve. An impassioned address by Gewetke, in which he told of the brutality which marked the murder of Guelzow, formed the dramatic feature of the hearing. Later in the day Governor Deneen granted a reprieve until Feb. 16. S READY FOR PRESIDENT - Boston, Dec 20. Rev. Clarence V. Richeson, confined in jail await-1 ing trial on a charge of murdering DATC WARQ ARP fMTCfi Miss Avis Linnnll. cut hlnmalf in th 1 HMnO Milt ll L.U groin with a piece of tin today. It is said the aim was not suicide. Conn sol fnr T?lchRnn atatA ha at-1 tempted to emasculate himself, in- Means Adopted by Combination meting injuries wnicn maae it neces sary for physicians to. complete his act at a hospital. HAY INQUIRE INTO SANITY. It is now declared Richeson's act was an attempt at suicide. He Is very weak from loss of blood, but will re cover In time for his trial Jan. 15. In j legal circles it was stated today some sction may be taken before the trial to ascertain Richeson's sanity. to Stifle Competition and Kill Independents. . Berger Presents Resolution for End ing of Extradition Agree ment of 1887. , . Washington, D. C, Dec. 20. The house' agreed to the senate resolution to abrogate the Russian treaty of 1832. The only negative vote was cast by Macon of Arkansas. Washington, Dec. 20. Immediately following disposal of the president's tariff message the house entered upon consideration of the Russian treaty. Early in the day the foreign affairs committee agreed to concur in the sen ate measure abrogating the treaty. CONCURRENCE ASSURED. Sulzer moved that the house concur io the senate resolution. It was evi dent there would be considerable de bate before the house voted, but no doubt was expressed In concurrence of the senate. The resolution proba bly will be ready for the president's signature upon his return to Washing ton tomorrow. AFTER ANOTHER TREATY. Representative Berger, the Wiscon sin socialist, introduced a joint reso lution in the house today to terminate the Russian extradition treaty of 1887. New York, Dec. 20. -Taft has an other busy day before him, follow ing a strenuous program of last night. This afternoon he will lay the cornerstone of a settlement house for the blind, the first build ing of its kind in the world. To night the president speaks at two dinners. During the morning many prominent republicans called, and, it is stated, talked politics. Roosevelt went to Oyster Bay before the presi dent's arrival yesterday and it is an nounced will not leave for home un til this evening. DICTATES TO BLIND WOMAN. When President Taft attended the actors' fair here last year he wanted a stenographer in a hurry, and Miss Grace Kestor took his dictations. Although Miss Kestor did his work without a mistake, the president learned, to his surprise, she . was I blind. In fact, she is the first blind woman in the city to earn a living as a writer of shorthand. The presi dent's interest in work for the blind. it is said, dates from this incident. Miss Kestor, who is president of the New York Blind Woman's club, as sists him In today's ceremonies. BOTH -.FACTIONS RECEIVED. The republican situation in New York state was laid before Taft to day by leaders representing both the 'old guard" and "progressives." One of his first callers was Otto Ban- nard, republican candidate for mayor at the last city election. Later he had an appointment to re ceive William Barnes, Jr., state chairman. BARNES CALL SURPRISE. Barnes' call, in view of recent crit icism attributed to him of the presi dent, was a surprise to those outside the president's Immediate circle, for he did not attend any functions at which the president spoke last night. LORIMER'S STORY TO TAKE 4 DAYS LIVERPOOL FACING A STRIKE OF 100,000 Liverpool, Dec 20. A lockout af fecting 10 0,0 00. cotton operatives is threatened on Christmas. The trouble has arisen over the employ ment of non-unionists. MABRAY TELLS OF GIVING BRIBES TO OFFICIALS Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dec. 20. The placing on the stand of John C. Mabray, called the prince of fake sport promoters, for which crime he recently served a term in the fed eral prison at Leavenworth, was suf ficient to bring into the district court room a big crowd of persons anxious to hear his testimony against Benja min Marks, charged with being a conspirator with Mabray to defraud various persons out of sums aggre gating 11.000,000 on fake sporting events. Mabray's testimony created a stir. His declarations of the ac ceptance of graft money by city and county officials caused more 'than lo cal Interest. Widow Daughter's 6ister-ln-Law Canton, Dec. 20. A grandmother at 29. mother of eight children and sister-in-law of one of her daughters such Is Mrs. William Golden of Nor rls, a mining town six miles from here. Mrs. Golden has been married twice. The youngest of her children are twins, born last Saturday. Her grandchild la six months old. Its mother is 15 years old. Mrs. Golden was married when 14 years old ' to Henry Bird. There are six children living aa a result of that marriage. Bird died, and in July, 1910, Mrs. Bird and her oldest daughter, then 11 years old, were married to Floyd and Wil liam Golden, brothers. Mother and daughter are. sisters-in-law, William Golden is stepfather to his brother's wife and the twins born to Mrs. Gol den are both aunts and cousins of Mrs. Floyd Golden's child. "Steeping Woman" Is Dead. Des Moines, Dec. 20. Mrs.' L. J. Parraenter, known as the "Bleeping woman" because of a remarkable 10 days' sleep from which she awakened a little more than two weeks ago. died at her home here yesterday. Her case puzzled many physicians, several of whom expected her to reaover. U 7i year old. Financier Arrested as Forger.' Kansas City, Dec. 20. H. W. Rich ardson of Louisville. Ky., formerly president of the American Union Trust company, was arrested here on a charge oi forgery. Richardson is alleged to have forged the name of Theodore L. Btegrer of Kxnsss City to 56 shares of the trust company's stock, valued at f7,G00. Storm In Middle West. Kansas City. Mo., Dec. 20. A heavy enow and eleet storm 1s sieplng the She j middle west today. Telegraph com- Bill He Introduced. RIOROS DEFY ORDER; NEAR TO A BATTLE Manila, Dec. 20. A battle is im minent in the island of Jolo between 600 Moros, who are defying an ul timatum issued by Brigadier General Pershing ordering disarmament of natives in the district. They retired to the top of the peak of Bud Dajo, which they fortified. They are sur rounded by infantry and artillery, and a fight is likely to begin any moment. Chicago, Deo. 20. At a confer ence of counsel for the defense early today it was decided that several representatives of the packera would make an opening address to the Jury Immediately , following the close of District Attorney Wllkerson's open ing statement. Indications are the government will not call its first witness before next week. Wilker son resumed his address this morn ing, describing the methods he said had been pursued by the alleged Senator is to Be Last witness trust. in TT,Btlrftrm f Wia COMPANY HELD A. SHAH. a I -n- (,... i .v- xt-m i Packing company was a sham." de ri a, ciarea wuKereon, "and Its stockhold ers and directors are luat aa ratlrv AN ADJOURNMENT TO JAN. 8 under the law aa If the fixing of the business and the control of the meat industry had been accomDllehed bv W. H. Behrens Denies There Was individuals." He areuad th- infant Shakedown" Attached to Saloon ot tha Packers to fix prices was shown by the history of the packing industry, and said there had been a packers' pool for SO years. The ob. Washineton. Deo. 20. Hearlns-a of M5 of the National Packing eom- the senatorial committee investigating PanT- be declared, was to continue the election of Senator Lo rimer were 11118 Pou adjourned yesterday afternoon until I competition suppressed. Monday, Jan. 8. Senator Lorlmer Is I Wilkerson described the methods the only witness to be beard. He will of the combination In suppressing testify in January. - I competition. He said rate wars, were No further witnesses except Sena, started m a certain district to drive committee by its own motion deter-1 In other Instances troablesome com mines to summon them," said Senator petltors were absorbed by the com- Dillingham In announcing the plans 1 blnatlon. He described bow Swars- of the committee. I child & Sulxberger, the New York Up to date the hearings of the com- Pressed Beef company and other In- mlttee have occupied 84 days. One dependent concerns were brought hundred and sixty-seven witnesses I Into the alleged combination. have been heard. Senator Lorlmer I wuicerson conciuaea bis statement probably will remain on the stand for noon and court took a recess. three or four days. W. H. Behrens of Carllnville, M.. V ANIiA. Q fiEPAPIT A fni-mai- roraihlin renroaAntattvA whA I , J SSsl rlvk introduced a ealoon bill referred to as a "shakedown" measure, and Thomas M. Webb of East St Louis, I Washington, D, C-. 20 Vandals got an attorney consulted by Charles A. into the capltol last night and mutllat- White previous to the publication or ed the "Battle of Lake Brle.n the his confession, were heard yesterday. I largest canvass of the collection of denies "SHAKEDOWN" in bill. paintings which adorn the walls of Mr. Behrens denied any knowledge I corridors and stairways. A strip two that the bill Introduced by him aiming feet long and three inches wide was to prevent breweries from owning sa- I cut from the lower left hand corner loons was a "shakedown ' measure, of the painting, at a place where the He said he realized after It got on the artist had shown great detail. The floor of the house that it would be strip was found close by upon the defeated. floor. It can be replaced. The paint- Representative Morton D. Hull tea-ling shows Commodore Perry trans- tified last week that Mr. Behrens prac- ferring his flag at the crucial moment tically deserted the bill, and that all In his gallant fight In Put-In-Bay. excent two of the 24 members of the license committee who had voted fa- McMahon Admitted to Ball. vorablv UDon it in the committee Springfield, Dec. 20. James McMa- either voted agrainst it or absented hon, serving a term of 15 years in themselves on final roll call. The the penitentiary at. Joliet for the mur- SOCIALISTS WILL MEET IN OKLAHOMA CITY, 0KLA. Chicago, Dec. 20. Announcement was made today that .Oklahoma City, Okla., has been chosen for the na tional socialist convention May 12, 1912. Juror III; Votes in Bed. Aurora, 111., Dec. 20. Edward Fer guson, a Juror in a $10,000 damage suit at Aurora against the Aurora & Elgin ir.terurban road, fell seriously ill dur ing a prolonged wrangle of deadlocked jurors, but he refused to go home. A bed was brought in and a doctor sum moned, and Ferguson continued voting, although fast losing strength. After the jury had been out 36 hours it was discharged by Judge Mangan. The sick man was taken home in an auto mobile. , Banker Must Serve Six Years. New Orleans, La, Dec. 20. William Adler, former president of the State National bank of New Orleans, will have to serve six years in tfie At lanta federal prison. The United States circuit court of appeals- af firmed the judgment of the circuit court, which Imposed the sentence a year ago on conviction of violation of the national banking laws. Orders Dive District Closed. La Crosse, Wis., Dec. 20. As the re sult of the recent police investigation in which officers were accused of tak ing money from proprietors of disrep utable houses. Chief Webster ordered CAPITAL PAINTING theory was that the breweries paid der of Mary Hetrick on Dec. 5, 1908, the desired money to kill it after it got on the floor of the house. NOT AS MUCH AS PROMISED. Xfr Wehh said Charles A. Whlta told him three months prior to the c,rcult .urt la8t September publication of his confession that he had received 1900 from the jackpot, was granted a writ of supersedeas by the supreme court yesterday and ad mitted to ball of $15,000. McMahon was convicted, tn the Bureau county For Female Police Officer. ; Peoria. 111.. Dec. 20. A committee but made no mention of having ob- of three women headed by Mrs. Julia tained anything for his vote for Sen- Proctor whlte, president of the Peoria atOr Lorlmer. - Wnmen'i flnh oallad fn Mivnr U'nnrt. White said he hadn't got as much P- an(1 ms,A - nronosition that ha money as he had been promised said appoint a female police officer Mr. Webb. "He said that If he didn't get what he wanted he was going to ruin those he was after, even if be went down with them. He tolt Recall of Mayor Is Asked. , Marshalltown, Iowa, Dec. 20. A pe tition asking the recall of Mayor W. me he had written a letter to Sena-1 H. Jones was filed by the liberal el tor Lorlmer In which he bad offered ment here. ills story for $75,000." Snow Breaks Dry Spell. Oklahoma City, Olvla., Iec. 20. Snow, the first precipitation In any fnrm fnr th a lnat Ivn vatin im fall. GRANTED A DIVORCE hns over tne western hal f k,a- hotna. I be ran is Heavy enougn to MME. LANGEViN IS Paris, Dec. 20. A petition for separ ation from her husband presented in the divorce court here by Mme. Lange vln was (granted today. Mme. Lange- menace train schedules. Ice Blocks Ship. 33 Days. San Francisco, Dec. 20. After hav- vln asked separation on account of ing been imprisoned for 30 days off ber husband's alleged relations with Cape Horn by icebergs, the British Mme. Curie, the famous scientist. The ship William T. Lewis, commanded by suit caused a great sensation and was Captain Manning, arrived in port yes an occasion for several duels. tcrdav 154 dava out from Antwero. imnois postmasters. . Helps Black RIVer Falls. Washington, uec. zo. Illinois post- Madison. Wis.. Dec. 20. The Mer- masters confirmed yesterday by the chants' & Msnufacturers' association senate: William Clemans, Mansfield; Allen H. Webster, Cuba ; Joseph B. Messick, East St Louis; Thomaj F. Shipton, Hanover; John G. Carson, Melrose Park; August J. Berger, Nan voo; William A. Hutchinson, Oak Park; George P. Wilson, Orion; Har ry E. Spear. Polo; August Kalbitz, ill the houses closed and the "red I Red Bud; Earle D. Riddle, Leroy; light" district wiped out at once. i Andrew M. Corbus, Oglesby. o; Milwaukee remitted a check for $1, 1S8 to State Treasurer Dabl for the relief of Black River Falls. New Cabinet For Shuster. Berlin, Dec. 20. A Tehran dispatch reports the Persian ministry has re signed. The new cabinet, it is said, will reject the Russian ultimatum de manding Shueter's dismissal. - t'